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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
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Ashford planning applications
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Ashford Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Ashford website
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates60,635Searchable applications
568Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 39,581 approved or refused records
5,086Refused applications
34,495 approved · 5,086 refused · 3,300 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Oct 1996 to 2 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 3 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and DevelopmentContact planning Planning ContactsLocal plan Emerging Local Plan and Design CodePre-application advice Pre-Application AdviceArticle 4 directions Article 4 Directions
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanning.policy@ashford.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas44 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas75 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More application records
- Decision MadePA/2024/2269
Proposed two storey side extension
9, Hillcrest Close, Kennington, TN24 9QT
Received 5 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2270
Ground floor rear extension and construction of outbuilding
32 Scholars Way, Ashford, TN23 4AE
Received 6 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2271
Listed Building Consent for the proposed refurbishment of the Clocktower to replace the clock movement and restore the clock mechanism.
Clocktower Cottage, Old Railway Works, Newtown Road TN24 0PN
Received 6 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2272
Variation of condition 3 (approved plans) on planning permission PA/2023/0799 (Variation of condition 3 (approved plans) on planning permission 20/01313/AS (Extension and alteration to roof; dormer window to east; side extension to west; changes to facing materials) to provide plant room/extension to west elevation) to allow for changes to fenestration, omitted works to first floor/attic, removal of extension for plant room, single storey extension to North.
Ravensbourne, Nickley Wood Road, Shadoxhurst, TN26 1LZ
Received 6 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2273
Listed building consent for reinforcement of two ceiling beams in the cellar
Goodshill House, Cranbrook Road, Tenterden, TN30 6UN
Received 6 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2274
Erection of replacement storage barn/shop and proposed outbuilding to be used as a home office/garage.
Frogshole Farm, Sissinghurst Road, Biddenden, TN27 8EY
Received 6 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2275
Lawful development certificate - proposed - Creation of a mosaic of wetland features along a more naturally functioning reach of watercourse, to improve drought resilience and water quality, reduce downstream flood risk and increase biodiversity
Brissenden Green, Ashford Road, Bethersden
Received 6 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2276
Temporary change of use of the ground floor and basement from former public house to flexible class E use (excluding E(d) and E(f))
Little Black Dog, The Street, Great Chart, TN23 3AN
Received 6 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/2277
Prior notification for an agricultural storage building abutting the existing structure.
Etchden Court Farm, Etchden Road, Bethersden, TN26 3DS
Received 6 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/2279
Forestry commission felling licence
West Section of Land at Longbeech Wood north of, Monkery Lane, Charing
Received 3 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2281
Listed Building Consent to allow the removal of a 20th-century lean-to/outshot to a former washhouse, reopening of doorway between plant room and study, changes to fenestrations, lifting and relaying courtyard surfaces, steps, and ramps, and rebuilding garden wall.
Clappers Mead, Bethersden Road, Woodchurch, TN26 3QL
Received 6 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2284
T3 Ash - Raise crown by approx 6 mts; T4 - Crown reduction by a max of 3 mts and remove dead wood ; T5 Ash - Fell to ground level , replace with native species; T6 Ash and T7 Ash - Remove over extended branches growing over neighbors boundary by a max of 6 mts.
Maple Tree Lodge, Chart Road TN23 3TB
Received 9 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/2285
5 Day notice - T1 - Silver birch - to fell due to falling branches.
East Hill House, 3 East Hill, Tenterden, TN30 6RL
Received 9 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/2282
T1 - Copper Beech - Crown reduction by 2 metres from 10 metres to 8 metres
3 The Croft, Tenterden, TN30 6RG
Received 9 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/2283
H1- Hornbeam hedge in the rear garden. The hedge has been allowed to lapse and we would like to reduce it from 4.5 meters to 3 meters in height to increase light coming in to the garden below.
Perrin House, The Street, Smarden, TN27 8NA
Received 9 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2286
Listed Building Consent for replacement windows on the ground floor and installation of solar panels on the Roof - Southwest Elevation
3 Ovenden House, 142 High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6HT
Received 3 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2287
Listed building consent for the full strip and retile of the roof; plus associated works.
Prestbury House, Bell Lane, Smarden, TN27 8NT
Received 9 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/2289
T1 - Hazel- fell; T2 - Magnolia- crown lift to give 1.5m clearance over lawn; G1 - assorted Cherry/hazel etc.- prune back to edge of shrub bed approx. by 2 metres; T3 - Ash- remove low branches over pond; G2 - clump of sumach- cut back all around by 1.5 metres; T4 - group of 3 small palms- fell to ground level; T5 - large laurel- fell to ground level; T6 - large laurel- crown reduction by 2 metres from approx. 5m to 3m ; T7 - oak- crown lift to 1.5 metre above ground level; T8 - ash- remove low branches over hot tub buildings (raise to 4 metres)
22, The Street, Kennington, TN24 9HB
Received 9 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2288
Proposed garage workshop and storage space following the demolition of the existing outbuildings.
Murada House, Faversham Road, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0NN
Received 9 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeNOT/2024/2290
T1 -Leylandii Hedge - reduce height by up to 3 metres from 9.5 metres to 6.5 metres and re-shape, to avoid interference to neighbouring property in Rogersmead and restore light to gardens of 130 and 132 High Street, in line with tree surgeon’s advice.
130 High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6HT
Received 4 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2291
Details submitted pursuant to conditions: 8 (Landscaping scheme), 9 (Biodiversity) 10 (Walls and fences) & 11 (Sewage disposal) of Planning Application 19/01477/AS
Little Greenacres Meadow, Sissinghurst Road TN27 8EH
Received 9 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2292
Proposed change of use of storage rooms to ancillary living accommodation; plus alteration to the roof pitch.
Little Greenacres Meadow, Sissinghurst Road, Biddenden, TN27 8EH
Received 9 Dec 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/2293
T4 - Giant sequoia - Fell to ground level
Braethorpe, Canterbury Road, Ashford, TN24 8QF
Received 9 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/2295
Erection and siting of fibre exchange telecommunications infrastructure to provide a full fibre (gigabit) to the premises service
Bliby Business Centre, Mersham, Ashford, TN25 7JB
Received 9 Dec 2024
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Ashford Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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